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Author: remoove-ops@pixpops-ltd.com

How to retire a harness, and why almost nobody does it on time

Anodised carabiners and a chalk bag on a granite slab

The hardest part of retiring a harness is that it still looks fine. Here is what actually determines its life, and how to make the call without guessing.

Why your hardshell stopped working, and how to fix it in an afternoon

Granite tors and wind-twisted snow gums in the Australian Alps

A jacket that has stopped beading is almost always dirty, not dead. The fix takes about three hours and costs less than twenty dollars.

Three days on the Main Range, and what the weather actually did

A granite ridgeline catching first light above the treeline

A November traverse that went from t-shirt to horizontal sleet in about forty minutes. Notes on what we carried, what we used, and what we would change.

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